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A while back I checked with Ink Republic and Inkjetfly both of which are highly reputable and supportive companies unfortunately neither indicated support for HP.

I have not seen much in the way of glowing endorsements of the Chinese products. Like yourself I too would like to see a dependable CSI for the 9180 but I will leave it to others to try this option.
By the way do you know the price of this set up?
 
Purchased from the vendor selling this on Ebay, Helger-Media. Support has been great, responds to email 7 days per week. Just got the new instruction sheet made which made the entire process a breeze. Their are no moving parts and the only thing that can go wrong is the chip and most chips, if they work for a couple weeks will keep working.

I also thought I would take a chance with their ink since it is so much less expensive. I am not sure how many prints I have to make to clear the ink out of the print heads, but I have made 10 8x10's and 4 6x4's and the first picture and the last were both 8x10's of the same picture and they are indistinguishable from each other. I know the printheads hold a lot of ink so maybe I am still on the HP ink, but I am a VERY happy user - I am now printing like it is free.

I saw this elsewhere on this forum and it is true, there is an additional 5ml of ink left in the expended HP38 cartridges that is EASILY removed and added to the CISS, don't throw your empty cartridges away. If you have full cartridges and go to the CISS it is easy to pull the ink from them and add to the CISS.

If I were to do it again, I might just buy the re-usable cartridges rahter than the CISS because they are so easy to fill and work just like the HP cartridges without the extra tanks and tubing.
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I agree if you can extract any ink left in the HP carts, use it.

It isn't 5 ml left when it stops printing though. between 1 and a maximum of 3 is what you should have. They are pumped carts and thus are pretty much empty when the printer stops. IF there is 5 mls left your chip was not sending the right signal to the printer.

Personally I'd use the rechipper and refill the carts with ink from the bigger bi-packs of genuine HP pigment inks for the Z2100.
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Must not be sending the right signal then because I pulled out 5ML from the two expended cartridges I had on my desk.

I have to say I was very hesitant to use their ink but after doing so I don't see any reason to buy the HP ink; after all, even the best ink should not cost twice as much per ounce as pure silver.

So far the prints are undetectable from the HP ink. I have a 8x10 printed with the HP38 and with the bulk ink and will leave them both sitting on my desk unprotected, I will get back to you in a couple years but I don't expect to see a difference. I have no reason to believe that HP uses significantly better pigments than this bulk supplier.

If I notice any difference over time I will quickly go back to the HP Inks
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drgas99 said:
Personally I'd use the rechipper and refill the carts with ink from
the bigger bi-packs of genuine HP pigment inks for the Z2100.
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drgas99 said:
Now that is a very clever idea, Neil. I never thought of that.
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It still ends up costing a lot, 70 bucks for 4 fills ($560.00 for the equivalent ink that Hefger changes $169.00 for), ends up being about half the price of HP38 but still 3.3 times as much as bulk ink. If the bulk ink is not good then it is the way to go, but if the bulk is satisfactory, then...

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Flightco said:
Flightco said:
Personally I'd use the rechipper and refill the carts with ink from
the bigger bi-packs of genuine HP pigment inks for the Z2100.
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Neil Snape photographer Paris printer reviews at
http://www.neilsnape.com
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Flightco said:
Now that is a very clever idea, Neil. I never thought of that.
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It still ends up costing a lot, 70 bucks for 4 fills ($560.00 for the
equivalent ink that Hefger changes $169.00 for), ends up being about
half the price of HP38 but still 3.3 times as much as bulk ink. If
the bulk ink is not good then it is the way to go, but if the bulk is
satisfactory, then...
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It's about 100$ US for a twin pack of HP 70 inks. So that makes what 260/27= 9.62 cartridge fills. Same store Super Warehouse , sell the HP 38 9180 carts for 33.98 each for 27ml!
So 38 cents per ml compared to 1.25$ per ml!

Not to mention the inks are really tested, and that is what counts for lightfastness and permanence.

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Neil Snape photographer Paris printer reviews at http://www.neilsnape.com
 
I just checked it out, it is even better. 96.00 for two.

The bulk ink is about 20.00 for 100ml, the HP ends up being about 45.00 for 130.00 - not even twice the price. That makes a lot of sense rather than using the bulk. May be my next purchase but I am going to print like crazy with the bulk ink I purchased and see how it does.

BTW, they sell the HP91 which is 775ml for 229,99 which is an even better deal but a huge up front investment in ink by the time you buy 8 of them.
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Mike
 
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I know this thread is rather old now... But can anyone recommend a good (i.e. best price ;) supplier of resettable cartridges and bulk pigment ink for the 9180 in the UK?

I'd rather go the chipped cartridge route than the 'CIS with tubes and bottles' approach - I had that for my Epson 2100 and it was never an ideal setup. But if anyone can strongly recommend a CIS solution for the 9180 I wouldn't count it out either.

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I would recommend the Hefger inks mentioned above. They do ship to Europe and they sell either CISS or refillable carts. Right now they have a problem with a fire next door damaging some of their equipment so give them a little time. Here is their website to check them out - http://www.hefgermedia.ca/index.php

I've been very happy with the results and customer service.

Vickie
n0bby said:
I know this thread is rather old now... But can anyone recommend a
good (i.e. best price ;) supplier of resettable cartridges and bulk
pigment ink for the 9180 in the UK?

I'd rather go the chipped cartridge route than the 'CIS with tubes
and bottles' approach - I had that for my Epson 2100 and it was never
an ideal setup. But if anyone can strongly recommend a CIS solution
for the 9180 I wouldn't count it out either.

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http://www.n0bby.com
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